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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Evangelize and transform manufacturing to include Additive Manufacturing in a wholistic solution to product manufacturing challenges

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Steam Factory strives to be a leader in Reverse Engineering, Prototyping, and Design Services for NPD.

Instruct students on assembly and usage of cartesian 3D printing equipment.

Eden Prairie

With over 13 years of extensive experience using and training SolidWorks and decades of CAD knowledge, I am ecstatic to once again be back in higher education introducing future designers to the extremely cool world of SolidWorks!

Minneapolis

Proto-Plastik designs and manufactures components for the micro-manufacturing industry. Our core products are RepRap 3D printers designed to replicate.I have extensive experience with digital controllers, stepper motors, linear motion components, and mechanical assembly. I am responsible for all engineering of every component for these machines. This experience includes:• Part and assembly design from the ground up• Component selection and purchasing• Iterative design• Assembly• DocumentationVisit http://proto-plastik.com for more info.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Design and Engineering for one of Minnesota's premier medical design and manufacturing companies. Minnetronix is a premium supplier of patient critical medical devices. In my role:* maximize NRE opportunities * demonstrate exceptional knowledge of requirements and regulatory compliance * optimize new and existing designs through DFM and net-shape design* leverage in-house tools for design analysis including thermal, flow, and structural as well as in-depth tolerance analysis * Develop custom software tools to improve efficiency including tools for quoting, design controls, and interfacing with enterprise applications (ERP, PLM)* Talent leader for junior engineering staff over several programs * Lead programs at the University level through the Senior Design Program at University of Minnesota * Develop strategic manufacturing capabilities through the establishment of the Minnetronix DMC (Digital Manufacturing Center), optimizing all aspects of AM including FDM, SLA, SLS, DMLS

Minneapolis

Instructor for Build Your Own 3D PrinterThis is a class that teaches students fundamental mechanical functions of a 3D printer through kit assembly and use.

Illustrations for GOB boat reviews. You can find my illustrations in every issue!

Eden Prairie

Delivering software solutions for back/middle office applications for Fitness Center managementAs an Application Architect, it was my responsibility to develop application strategy for in-house developed .NET (EF Core and ASP.NET Core) applications. This included:• Development of prototype applications• Development of MVC microservices in .NET• Development of EF Migrations and database (SQL Server) architecture• Integration with existing .NET services• Agile iterative development utilizing Jira• Source control using GIT/Sourcetree/Stash

Hopkins, Mn

Division: Cargill Trade and Structured FinancePlatform: OpenLink Findur Treasury and Risk Management Software SolutionAs the architect on this project, it was my responsibility to provide continuous coordination across several domains including internal and external providers. Domains included server infrastructure (VMWare), Citrix Desktop, Microsoft SQL Server environments.- Responsible for initial POC for evaluation of OpenLink Findur software• Established 10+ individual environments for DEV/TEST/STAGE/PROD.• Coordinated all infrastructure acquisition and configuration• Coordinated internal and 3rd party infrastructure teams with regards to internal and external access via proxies and firewall exceptions• Coordinated Citrix infrastructure utilizing dynamic resource allocation allowing for flexibility on demand• Established security and AD access to various resources• Established connectivity with international SWIFT network allowing for transactions to pass between on premises Findur and external SWIFT service providers• Established DR (Disaster Recovery) and failover of Microsoft Servers and MSSQL Servers• Established server and service monitoring to ensure zero downtime• Established Citrix desktop configurations

Hopkins, Mn

Division: Energy Transportation and MetalsPlatform: FIS Aligne ETRM (Energy Commodity Trading and Risk Management platform)As the IT Lead for this platform, it was my responsibility to develop and maintain robust solutions for this mission critical commodity trading platform. • Ensure continuous connectivity to major markets including NYMEX, CME, and ICE• Ensure continuous uptime of middle and back office trade management applications including risk management and trader book management• Monitor and coordinate infrastructure functionality including scheduled maintenance and failover management• Manage database (Oracle) connectivity and security at the user level• Manage server and security access through coordination with security teams• Manage 3rd party vendors and service providers for various market sources including YES Energy and OATI• Manage a small team of developers via scrum for ad-hoc in-house .NET software development efforts including trade reconciliation, weather data acquisition, and a variety of others• Utilize ITIL to provide robust service delivery

Hopkins, Mn

Division: Tartan (Cargill's SAP implementation)Platform: ARIS BPM• Developed Javascript-based process reports from the Software AG ARIS BPM Platform• Developed nightly sync process between ARIS and BOBJ (IBM Business Objects) which ultimately updated objects within SAP

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Sons-Creative is a freelance design firm. While at Sons-Creative, I was the lead designer for a variety of projects including:- web graphics-3D Rendered graphics for transportation - primarily Boat design- 3D Design support for artists through Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

As a business solution developer for Merrill Corp, I was part of a development team focused on solutions for XBRL (XML Business Reporting Language). Our team developed XML-based tools for processing XBRL Corporate filings.• Worked with the XML DOM to develop parsing of XBRL accounting data• Utilized LYNQ and Datasets to transform XML data for processing• Integrated with SEC XBRL Web-based tools• Developed custom DOM-level objects to handle XLink relations within the XBRL documents and taxonomies• Coordinated new developments and SEC mandates

Bloomington, Mn

Pre-sales, support, and training of Dassault Systems SolidWorks 3D modeling software. The Applications Engineer is responsible for accurate demonstration, rigorous troubleshooting and comprehensive training of this software. My focus areas were custom software development using .NET and visualization utilizing photo-realistic rendering tools and technical documentation tools.As an Application Engineer for Alignex, my responsibilities included pre/post sales support for SolidWorks CAD software. Duties included:• Gained extensive expertise of SolidWorks software• Gained extensive experience with a variety of industry applications• Demonstration and presentation of SolidWorks software• Developed custom .NET solutions for customers as neededo Automated sever-based, parametric assembly creation• Installation and configuration on-site• Training

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

As production lead, I was responsible for all hard-copy and digital information input into Merrill's new Deal Room repository known as 'Datasite'. I managed a team of up to 12 people whose primary task was to operate high-speed scanners. My tasks included:* team management, resource scheduling and resource performance* product quality management ensuring that all scanned data was captured correctly and cross-checked with online data* development of software tools and processes to enhance performance and accuracy* setup Datasite technical on-site facility at Finsbury Pavement (London, UK).

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

As the TMM (Technical Marketing Manager) for Creo, it was my responsibility to evangelize and support the Creo product line of Digital Front Ends for commercial digital printers.• Technical Marketing Manager for Creo Graphic Arts equipment in the Midwest• OEM Marketing to Xerox for Creo’s line of DFEs (Digital Front Ends) for production color printing• Responsible for marketing in $10million territory • Provide pre and post sales support of Creo technology• Provide demonstration support for all occasions including customer events and trade shows• Work with engineering to provide customer product feedback

As a Systems Analyst for Xerox, my responsibilities included pre/post sales support of Xerox high-end digital color printing products. Duties included:• Demonstration of Xerox color solutions using industry standard applications such as Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Quark Xpress.• Large scale installation of product which included network configuration and user setup• Training• Application development

Minnetonka, Mn

As an Application Engineer for Quannon (now Master Graphics) my responsibilities included pre/post sales support for Autodesk products including AutoCAD and 3D Studio

Mechanical Design, Mechanical Engineering

Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering

Bachelor'S, Industrial Engineering